The Hero's Stand

25: The Sports Festival (part 6)

(This is the quarter mark of my goal for this story 100 chapters min. I'm going to say thank you now for how fast this story grew and the positive feedback it got despite me not being very good at writing and the mistakes in the greater canons of both JJBA and MHA. Thank you for all of it. If I do achieve my goal and finish the story right then I will create a sequel to it. I hope you enjoy this for the time to come. I'm also going to apologize for how terrible I am)

Kacchan was already waiting at the other end of the arena, his fists ready to blow me to pieces. If he was willing to do what he did to Ururaka because she was taking my advice then I feared to think what he'd do to me.

I was still extremely tired as well. I doubt I would remain conscious after five or six blows. Eating all those sugary sweets with Ururaka a few minutes ago was definitely going to help me here.

I breathed in as deep as I could, ready to ignore my painful movements in exchange for a living hell later. I heard the now all-too familiar voice of Present Mic announcing the start of the final round.

"Welcome everyone! We've analysed their fighting styles and quirks for the past hour. We've seen them in combat and class. It's the final two combatants in the sports festival! Izulu Midoriya! The-student-who's-quirk-specifics-remain-a-mystery- because-all-we-have-to-go-off-is-a- funky-purple-dude-and-some-teleporting. And he's up against Katsuki Bakugo! The kid who's explosive abilities match only his temper!"

Midnight looked at both of us.

"Are you two ready?"

"Yes" said Bakugo, glaring at me.

"No" I gulped

"Then begin!" She shouted

I decided not to use Star Platinum for now. His time stop could end this whole thing in a flash. Hamon would get me through this alone. I would beat him in the way Ochaco failed to.

He started the battle with a right hook, probably thinking I'd not expect it.

I did. I grabbed his arm and elbowed him hard him the back, causing him to stumble forwards and over my outstretched leg. This tripped him up and I jumped backwards.

He quickly rolled to his feet and growled at me.

"Start trying Deku! I'm going to beat you at your best!"

"You'd lose" I said

"Prove it" he snarled

I summoned Star Platinum over my body and felt the drastic increase in my ability.

"There we go." He said "Now let's see how bad I can beat you! It'll be just like we were kids again!"

Well fuck you too Kacchan.

I went to punch him and found him not there. He was instead quickly circling me with explosions and I could feel the heat in the area rise drastically. He was moving too fast amongst his own flames to track even with Star Platinum's eyes.

Eventually I was engulfed in a tornado of flame and heat much hotter than the one Todoroki made. I was terrified. This was Kacchan at his best.

Then I couldn't open my eyes anymore. The heat and light was too much. The second I closed them I heard a shout from the flames and felt two hands on my face.

"HOWITZER IMPACT!"

I managed to swat off one of the hands in my desparity but that just focused the damage from the other. Bakugo's hand exploded in a missile-like blast that absolutely tore through the flesh on my head. Had it not been for Star Platinum being merged with my body then I would've lost my life.